What you’ll be doing
as a Wastewater Network Maintenance Strategy and Assurance Engineer
1. Develop and implement comprehensive maintenance strategies for the waste network, including preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
2. Develop and manage the knowledge stock of maintenance standards to ensure they are kept up to date and reflect the network maintenance strategy.
3. Continuous development of the serviceability measures used for performance analysis to support maintenance improvements, and assurance of the asset plans.
4. Review of delivery issues through workshops for issues raised through field investigations to update plans where required.
5. Develop and implement processes and procedures to ensure that maintenance activities are assessed for efficiency and in compliance with company standards.
6. Perform regular inspections and audits of maintenance activities to verify compliance with quality requirements, and maintenance strategy.
7. Ensure that work is completed according to specifications, with all necessary documentation completed accurately and promptly.
8. Ensure that maintenance plans (preventive, corrective, and predictive) are in place and followed for assets and systems.
9. Prepare and present reports on the status of the water network, maintenance activities, and improvement initiatives to senior management.
What you should bring to the role
To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:
10. Degree level qualification in mechanical or electrical engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
11. Substantial experience in waste network maintenance, strategy, standards and/or assurance.
12. Proficiency in maintenance management software, data analysis tools, and GIS systems.
13. Knowledge of key performance indicators (KPIs) used in maintenance, such as Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) and Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).
14. Due to the nature of the role, a full and clean UK driving licence is required.
This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, based at an office within the Thames Water region. We are flexible on the exact location; however, you will need to travel to various sites approximately three days per week, so adaptability is essential.
The position is full-time, based on a 36-hour work week.
A valid driving licence and access to a car are required for this role.
What’s in it for you?
15. Competitive salary from £55,000 to £65,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
16. This role comes with £4.5k car allowance.
17. 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
18. Annual Bonus.
19. Private Medical Health Care.
20. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
21. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
22. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.